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  <h1>Comparing Resources With the Local History</h1>
  <p>To compare an unmanaged Workbench resource with a state in the local history:</p>
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    <li>In one of the navigation views, select the resource that you want to compare with a local history state.</li>
    <li>From the resource's pop-up menu, select <b>Compare With</b> &gt; <b>Local History</b>. The Compare with Local
    History page opens.</li>
    <li>Select a state in the <b>Local History</b> list. The Text Compare editor opens.</li>
    <li>Click the <b>Select Next Change</b> and <b>Select Previous Change</b> buttons to browse the changes made
    between the state in the local history and the Workbench resource.</li>
    <li>Click <b>OK</b> when you are finished.</li>
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  <p>To compare a Workbench resource that is managed by VCS with a state in the local history:</p>
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    <li>In one of the navigation views, select the resource that you want to compare with a local history state.</li>
    <li>From the resource's pop-up menu, select <b>Compare With</b> &gt; <b>History...</b>. The History View
    opens.</li>
    <li>Put the History View into <em>Local Revisions</em> mode by clicking on the Local Revisions toolbar button in
    the History View. This filters out all revisions except for Local History revisions.</li>
    <li>Select a revision from the History View. The Text Compare editor opens.</li>
    <li>Click the <b>Select Next Change</b> and <b>Select Previous Change</b> buttons to browse the changes made
    between the state in the local history and the Workbench resource.</li>
    <li>Click <b>OK</b> when you are finished.</li>
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  <h3 class="related">Related Concepts</h3><a href="../concepts/concepts-17a.htm">Local history</a><br>
  <h3 class="related">Related Tasks</h3><a href="tasks-87.htm">Replacing a resource with local history</a><br>
  <a href="tasks-87b.htm">Restoring deleted resources from local history</a><br>
  <a href="tasks-88.htm">Setting local history preferences</a><br>
  <a href="tasks-68.htm">Comparing resources</a>
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